Essentials of United States history . stateswhich had seceded. This was a gigantic undertaking. Ves-sels were bought, others were built, and in an incredibly short time the blockade waseffected along thecoast of nearly threethousand miles. Al-though vessels w^ouldoccasionally run theIjlockade, it was notl)roken during thefour long years ofthe war. 356. On to Rich-mond. — At the be-ginning of the conflictboth sides supposed the war would be short. Each sectionfailed to understand the other. The South despised thepeople of the North, considering them as money-gettersonly, who would not fight, wh
Essentials of United States history . stateswhich had seceded. This was a gigantic undertaking. Ves-sels were bought, others were built, and in an incredibly short time the blockade waseffected along thecoast of nearly threethousand miles. Al-though vessels w^ouldoccasionally run theIjlockade, it was notl)roken during thefour long years ofthe war. 356. On to Rich-mond. — At the be-ginning of the conflictboth sides supposed the war would be short. Each sectionfailed to understand the other. The South despised thepeople of the North, considering them as money-gettersonly, who would not fight, while the North accused the South-ern peoi)le of bluster and arrogance. The North did not com-prehend how fully the Southern j^tcople believed in statesovereignty, nor did it understand how deep was their affec-tion for their native states. Hostilities had begun in Ai)ril,but three months passed and nothing of importance wasaccomplished or even planned. At first many supposed thewar would be over in ninety days. Now it appeared that. The (aiitoi. at Hkhmond, \ iiiniMA. Where the Confederate Congress met. LINCOLNS FIRST ADMINISTRATION (1861-1865) 275
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